Part of the happy Pembury team having a laugh!
Pembury Tours
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 1996)
- Member Of:
- Southern Africa Tourism Services Association
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Helen Munkittrick | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My family enjoyed all our African experiences because Pembury Tours had taken care of every detail!
I had reached out to a number of African tour operators advising them of this being my family's first experience to Africa - wanting educational highlights and safari. I'm a detail person so when Heidi Bedford responded to my request with questions for me and not a pre-set itinerary as other operators did, I knew Heidi would provide me with a wonderful experience. And she did! Heidi promptly and happily responded to all my emails:) She put together a well-paced itinerary, including hotels and safari lodges, that were perfect for us! Upon arrival, every member in my family received a lovely cross bag with the detailed itinerary with extra pages of useful information on side trips and animals and maps. The two safaris we experienced were different and more than I had hoped for! I had a most exhilarating African experience and at the same time, the most relaxing because Heidi and Pembury Tours had taken care of every detail. Thank you, Heidi:)
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Email John and Marsha | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful trip to South Africa thanks to Pembury Tours
Tammy at Pembury Tours did a wonderful job of arranging our 7 days of safari and making all the travel arrangements for our three weeks in South Africa. She helped us plan our trip and then booked excellent accommodations and transportation for Kruger and Thornybush game reserves, Cape Town and the Garden Route. Communications were prompt and very informative. We were met in Johannesburg with a terrific information package with every detail covered, which also makes a great souvenir of our trip. As a result our trip went perfectly with no hitches and was an outstanding experience. We highly recommend Pembury Tours.
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Email Umang and family | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
although never met face to face, but provided the friendly services- impressive
excellent understanding of needs, customised options and continuously available to provide support even during trip & entire stay.
safari tours gave us life time memories of our family holidays in SA. Overall excellent communication between multiple service providers.
highly recommended.
Great service!
Tammy Hading at Pembury did an excellent job in setting up our 2 safaris and first trip to Africa this fall. Was quick to answer any questions I had abut the trip and what to expect. Would highly recommend. Everything went as planned with no surprises. Thanks Tammy!
Brad
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Email Robert B. | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Namibia + Cape Town in November 2018
Anya Visser, of Pembury Tours, organized our trip to Namibia and to Cape Town, which was our first visit to Southern Africa. The result is that our trip was absolutely flawless and a full success.
We stayed in three different lodges in Namibia, moved from one to the other by private plane and were met in Cape Town and in Windhoek.
Every element of our trip was professionnally planned and executed, on time and most courteously by every provider chosen by Anya.
Moreover, Anya always responded immediately and positively to my numerous requests for information or for slight modifications of our initial program.
I therefore cannot underline enough Anya's professionalism and kindness, as well as her permanent availability of which I availed myself on several occasions.
I have already forwarded Anya's contact details to friends who requested them from me and I can only recommend Anya to anyone wishing to fulfil their dream of visiting Namibia and the Cape Town area, as was my case, in the best possible conditions.
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Email Susan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely brilliant --- Laurette was wonderful --- would give more stars if I could!!!
Laurette took great care of us every step of the way, from initial contact, through planning, itinerary changes, special needs, and on through our amazing trip. We can't say enough good things about Pembury and Laurette (and we are experienced world travelers, having been to remote regions of Africa before). We would enthusiatically recommend them to anyone planning a southern Africa adventure!!!
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Email Lauren | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tammy helped us plan the trip of a lifetime!
I had an absolutely fantastic experience planning my recent safari with Tammy from Pembury Tours. Early in my vacation planning, I submitted multiple inquiries on safaribookings.com. Of the many travel consultants who responded, Tammy was by far the most helpful, prompt, and thorough. She is incredibly knowledgeable and professional. At the time, I had never visited Africa or gone on safari, and wasn't entirely sure what country or region I wanted to visit. Tammy asked all the right questions and answered my endless queries in order to help my partner and I pick the perfect itinerary for us.
We booked 5 nights of safari, split between Thanda and Phinda game reserves in South Africa. We absolutely loved both reserves, which are near each other but offer very different guest experiences. Tammy even secured us an upgrade from the tented camp to the lodge at Thanda, and our accommodations were jaw-droppingly fabulous. What's more is that she saved us a substantial amount of money - the safari was significantly cheaper than it would have been to book directly, even not counting the extra value of the upgrade. She arranged our flights and transfers, which all worked seamlessly.
I'll end with a small example of how Tammy went above and beyond: We only used Pembury for the safari portion of our longer vacation, opting to stay in AirBnBs and travel more independently for the rest. Learning this, Tammy volunteered to take a look at the different AirBnBs I was considering in Cape Town in order to ensure that we were staying in a good, safe location. Her help allowed us to feel confident in even the parts of the trip that we didn't book through Pembury!
All in all, I highly recommend Tammy and Pembury. I hope to return to Africa with them soon!
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Email Vicki Myckowiak | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour operator
We worked with Tammy of Pembury Tours to plan our trip to South Africa. When we first contacted Tammy, she asked a few questions to get an idea of the type of vacation we were looking for. She understood what we wanted immediately and met all expectations. The itinerary was perfectly planned and the materials provided to us on our arrival in South Africa were clear and easy to use. Tammy's arrangements of transfers and travel within South Africa went off without a hitch. Tammy's choice of hotels and activities were flawless with a special shout out to the Winchester Manners (in Cape Town) and the Idube Lodge in Sabi Sands. Tammy communicated with us promptly and efficiently. I really cannot say enough good things about Tammy and Pembury Tours.
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Email David and Wanda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Anya was truly the best!!!!!!!!!. No stone was left unturned. She took care of the WHOLE PROCESS.
What can I say about Africa? What a vastly beautiful and amazing continent, with soooo many wonderful sights and beautiful people. Wanda and I would like to Thank You Anya for taking the time to create the BEST trip we have ever taken. Anya was accessible throughout the whole trip from the beginning to end. She never failed to get back to us. All aspects of the trip were perfectly planned. We never felt alone or lost during our 28 day trip. We had a total of 3 safaris planned. Each was unique and different in its own special way. We loved the guides, the food, the scenery. Anya perfectly broke up the trip with local venues and exotic getaways. From wine trams, to safaris, to table mountain, to penguins to food, to great locations and lodgings. We would like to thank you Anya for the very best trip of our lives. See you soon Africa and Anya as well.
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Email Cathy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Once In A Lifetime Experience!! Thank you Kerry!!!!
We started planning our trip over a year ago with Kerry at Pembury Tours. Not knowing all of what we wanted to see and do she asked questions and guided us through the process of planning our trip. I felt like I was asking so many questions but Kerry kept answering them in a timely manner and the 16 day trip was finally planned. Kerry was spot on with our whole trip!!! Our trip started in Cape Town then Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Hazyview, Livingstone, Zambia and finally Chobe Game Reserve. We did not stop with our daily agenda of all our places we wanted to visit and activities we had sign up for. At the Sabi Sand Game Reserve we saw the big 5 in two game rides and the amazing 7 in three game rides. At Chobe Game Reserve we had 7 elephants drinking from our pool outside our room!!!
The transfers and guides that were assigned to us were exceptional and on time. The whole trip worked like clockwork even the flights we had to take to move around to our destinations in Africa. If something had of went wrong Kerry was right there to fix the problem by email or phone.
I would recommend Kerry and Pembury Tours. I am so happy a friend had referred me.
Thank you Kerry for a wonderful once in a life time trip!!! We hope we can come back one day!!!